sugarbrie
Responses from sugarbrie
| To Sub or not to Sub...? Definitely Sub. Onhyw61 is correct. All instruments have a larger sound signature than the note being played. The same reason a large regular speaker will sound fuller and richer that a small one. The Sub will fill in the lower half of the sound s... | |
| B W 805 nautilus vs. matrix I agree. The Nautilus is better in most applications. Cost is the only other issue. A very good used pair of Matrix will cost you half of what a new pair a Nautilus will. | |
| Need England audio dealer site add ?? You may want to check their store locations also. You may find there is one in your area, so you can just run over and buy it, instead of ordering on-line. | |
| Need England audio dealer site add ?? Go to www.Richersounds.com Richer Sounds is the largest audio retailer in the UK. Julian Richer the owner is also the largest shareholder in Cambridge Audio. They sell everything Cambridge makes. | |
| NAD 2200 Amp Looks like it is now NADelectronics.com | |
| NAD 2200 Amp Check the NAD website. I think it's www.nad.co.uk -- They have owner's manuals you can download in Adobe Accrobat format. Accrobat is a free viewer you can get at the Adobe website if you don't have that either. | |
| UPS or should I Say Oooops UPS HAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE SHIPPING INSURED, ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY BROKEN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET A NEW ONE FOR THE COST OF SHIPPING PLUS 35 CENT PER $100. aka, INSURANCE FRAUD. Us honest folks pay the price for this fraud. | |
| Cheapest places to buy gear? Good new/refurbished stuff can be found on auction at Ubid.com | |
| Is shielding cables that important? Van Den Hul makes cables both ways. "The First" cables are unshielded. "The Second" cables are basically the same construction but shielded. "The First" performs better in most opinions, so the shielding must have an effect on the sound. | |
| UPS or should I Say Oooops I had one claim against UPS paid very promptly. However, it was for an item I that they lost (or was stolen while in their possession). | |
| Time for spring cleaning Someone's junk is another man's gold. I had a pair of speakers with solid walnut enclosures. The surrounds on the woofers were totally gone. I offered them for free, if the person would pay the shipping. I received a dozen emails from people wanti... | |
| Time for spring cleaning I'm keeping my "junk"; will be moving into a bigger house this summer and will probably put together a a third HT system. Just need the HT receiver. Probably have too many speakers, but may "upgrade" the boombox in my office at work. The CD part o... | |
| Buy a CD now or wait new technology A good 24bit player or DAC is a big improvement over older technology. I am not as sure about things like SACD and DVD-A being here to stay. Three years also HDCD was the thing that was going to make orginary CD players obsolete; now it is almost ... | |
| "Pop" in pre-amp I agree, the power amp is last on, first off. | |
| Time for spring cleaning Also forgot a REL Q100E subwoofer and a Rotel RP-855 turntable with a Sumiko Blue Point cartridge. All this is in addition to the two systems I use currently. |